electricity in the near future. Pakistan has in place, with the 'policy for development of renewable energy for power generation …' (2006), a policy framework for renewable energy development, with a particular emphasis on attracting the private sector … electrification, to any large scale, will be unlikely to attract investment from the private sector without support from the …

This policy note is a summary of the findings of a joint study of the Energy Research Institute of the National … of king coal,' provides a brief history of the development of renewable energy (RE) in China during the last three … optimal RE solutions (share of primary energy consumption and technology mix). 'China's envisaged RE target: aiming high …

The challenge for the development community is to exploit the links between energy and poverty to combat global poverty … percent of total energy, while the poorest 20 percent consume less than 4 percent. The majority of those underserved are the … poor in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. With increasing populations, 25 years from now, business-as-usual energy …

Renewable energy and energy efficiency projects continue to perform strongly in the World Bank Group (WBG) energy … portfolio and are increasingly being mainstreamed in the WBG's energy lending. In fiscal 2007 a total of US$1,433 million … supported 63 renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in 32 countries. In addition to operational activities, the WBG …

The cost of energy in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, as elsewhere, is an important policy issue, as shown by the … concerns for energy affordability during the past harsh winter. Governments try to moderate the burden of energy expenditures … that is experienced by households through subsidies to the energy providers, so that households pay tariffs below the cost …

In declaring 2012 the international year of sustainable energy for all, the United Nations (UN) general assembly (2011 … goals are to ensure universal access to modern energy services (including electricity and clean, modern cooking solutions …), to double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency, and to double the share of renewable energy in the global …